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POST
/
projects
Create a project
curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.generalcounsel.ai/api/external/v1/projects \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Vendor: Acme MSA",
  "description": "<string>",
  "custom_instructions": "<string>",
  "is_access_controlled": true
}
'
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "name": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "custom_instructions": "<string>",
  "is_access_controlled": true,
  "my_access_level": "read",
  "created_at": "<string>",
  "updated_at": "<string>"
}

Documentation Index

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Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

API key for authentication. Format: gcai_xxxxxxxxx

Create API keys in the GC AI app under Settings → API.

Body

application/json
​
name
string
required

Project name (required, non-empty after trim)

Minimum string length: 1
Example:

"Vendor: Acme MSA"

​
description
string | null

Optional project description

​
custom_instructions
string | null

Optional custom instructions for chats in this project

​
is_access_controlled
boolean

When true (default), the project is visible only to the creator and explicitly granted users. When false, any member of the organization can see it.

Response

Project created

​
id
string<uuid>
required

Unique project identifier

​
name
string
required

Project name

​
description
string | null
required

Project description, or null if unset

​
custom_instructions
string | null
required

Custom instructions injected into chats opened in this project

​
is_access_controlled
boolean
required

When true, only the creator and explicitly granted users can see the project. When false, any member of the organization can see it.

​
my_access_level
enum<string> | null
required

Caller's access level on this project: admin (creator or explicitly granted admin), write, read, or null if the caller has no recorded grant. null is also returned for org-scoped keys, which carry no user identity.

Available options:
read,
write,
admin,
null
​
created_at
string
required

ISO 8601 creation timestamp

​
updated_at
string
required

ISO 8601 last-update timestamp